Subgenre Sampler
Burning, The (1981)- Dir. Tony Maylam
Feat. Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer… - A proficient slasher in the wake of FRIDAY THE 13TH in which a former summer camp caretaker plots bloody revenge on the teenagers who accidentally…
Bustin' Loose (1981)- Dir. Oz Scott
Feat. Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson - Comedian Richard Pryor produced, wrote and starred in this mad 80's comedy involving a criminal forced to help out the director of a school for…
Cannibal Ferox (Make Them Die Slowly, aka Woman From Deep River) (1981)- Dir. Umberto Lenzi
Feat. John Morghen, Lorraine De Selle, Bryan Redford… - Prime example of the notorious "Cannibal" subgenre of Italian horror films, that creates a dubious mythology of its own as it exploits our mythical…
Cannonball Run (1981)- Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett… - Packed with an absurd combination of stars, this trans–continental car race yarn is largely a vehicle for Burt Reynolds wisecracks and some…
Cats (1981)- The blockbuster Broadway musical authored by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, based on T S Eliot's 'cat' poems.
Caveman (1981)- Dir. Carl Gottlieb
Feat. Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long… - Stone Age spoof in which a hairy Starr cavorts with various other grunting stars in a distant past ruled by dinosaurs. High quality production and…
Chariots of Fire (1981)- Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Nigel Havers, Ben Cross - Despite all the Oscar glory, this tale of athletic derring–do in Edwardian England is a mostly lame–footed attempt to dramatise the…
Cherry Orchard, The (1981)- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Judi Dench, Bill Paterson, Timothy Spall… - BBC television drama based on the classic 1904 play by Anton Chekhov about the decline of the Russian aristocracy in general and one high–born…
Choix Des Armes, Le (Choice of Arms) (1981)- Dir. Alain Corneau
Feat. Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu - Two disparate ex–convicts face difficulties settling into normal society. Boasts France's greatest acting talents.
Christiane F. (1981)
- Dir. Ulrich Edel
Feat. David Bowie - Absorbing account of the decline and fall into the Berlin's degrading drug and prostitution scene of two young heroin addicts. Features the music and…
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